On Monday evening, the deceased Steve
Wairimu, a Hotel and Hospitality Management student at the university’s
Eldoret Town campus is said to have visited his girlfriend who lived off
campus at Pioneer Roma 1 hostel in the outskirts of Eldoret Town in the
company of a friend but found her with another man, a first year
student in the same university.

Other students living in the same hostel told the Nation that an argument ensued between the two leading to a fierce fight.

“I
was in my room with my friend Dickson when Steve came with his friend.
When Steve saw me with him, an argument erupted between the two. I tried
to separate them but in vain,” said Faith Bwire, the estranged
girlfriend who is a first year student.

Dickson is said
to have rushed to the kitchen where he picked a knife and followed the
deceased and his friend who had gone out of the house.

“It was only when I was on my way to the security office to
report the incident that I stumbled upon Steve writhing in pain on the
stairs and bleeding profusely. That is when I discovered that he had
been stabbed,” the soft-spoken Faith told the Nation.

The victim died as officials of the students’ council and the hostel management rushed him to hospital.

He is said to have sustained multiple stab wounds in the stomach, kidney and the heart.

When the Nation visited the hostel on Tuesday, students were talking in hush tones as they tried to come to terms with the Monday 9pm incident.

A blood-stained knife, believed to be the one used to commit the murder, was still at the scene.

The
attacker was later apprehended while on his way to town by the hostel’s
security officers and students and was held at the security office
waiting for police.

Police
officers from Langas Police Station had to shoot several times in the
air to disperse rowdy students who were baying for the suspected
killer’s blood.

Eldoret South Deputy Police Boss Isa
Manja said that they were holding the suspect as they launched
investigation into the incident.

“Love affairs among
students should be discouraged. Their parents struggle a lot to pay
school fees and they should concentrate on their studies until the right
time,” said Mr Manja.

Isaac Alando, a journalism student said cases of students killing each other over love affairs were on the rise.